February 25, 2025
Dr. Hannah Wittman will discuss the concepts of agroecological transitions, food sovereignty, and planetary health. We will illustrate these concepts by exploring the work of agroecological networks in Ecuador and Brasil that connect growers and consumers through participatory certification, food literacy, and solidarity actions. We will discuss rights and responsibilities among diverse actors in the food system to promote and ensure human and planetary health.
Launched in 2017, Food Literacy for All is a community-academic partnership course at the University of Michigan supported by the Sustainable Food Systems Initiative, School for Environment & Sustainability, Program in the Environment, and CEW+ Frances and Sydney Lewis Visiting Leaders Fund. From January to April 2025, Food Literacy for All features guest speakers each Tuesday evening (6:30-8 PM EST) to address the challenges and opportunities of diverse food systems. The 2025 course is organized around the theme “Food and Care.” The course is co-facilitated by Dr. Bénédicte Boisseron (the course Faculty Instructor and UM Professor and Chair of Afroamerican & African Studies), Shiloh Maples (the course Community Co-Instructor and an Anishinaabe community organizer, seed keeper, and storyteller), and Sami Maldonado (the Course Coordinator and graduate student in the School for Environment & Sustainability), with support too from Lesli Hoey (Co-Director of the UM Transformative Food Systems Fellowship).
Learn more and register for free as a community member on the Food Literacy for All website. https://sites.lsa.umich.edu/sustainab…
